Lots of effort by many fans to allow PC gamers to get their hands on one game, maybe two.
RPCS3
DH, Hykem, AlexAltea
2
"So I'm playing Secret of Mana with my friend Senate over ZSNES. We just got to The Empire (more than halfway through the game), and he's still wearing his fucking power wrist[...]"
ZSNES
ZSNES Team
3
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MAME
The MAME community
4
If you play it on your smartphone, you'll get the same experience as you had in middle school, including the porn saved on it.
PPSSPP
PPSSPP Team
5
One of the most feature-complete and accurate emulators out there, and it's been like that for 8 years since 5.0 dropped.
Dolphin
Dolphin Emulator Project
6
Why use one emulator when you could have them all?
RetroArch
Libretro
7
Weird how Nintendo didn't give a fuck about Citra until after the fact.
Yuzu
Tropic Haze
8
Much like Icarus, they flew too close to the sun. Also, like Icarus, they were making money via a public Patreon like idiots.
Ryujinx
Ryujinx team
9
Impressive compatibility, except for the fade transitions on RPG Maker
DuckStation
stenzek
10
Just the beginning of Gaben's 50 year revenge plot against Microsoft
Proton
Valve Corporation, CodeWeavers
11
The OTHER great SNES emulator. The best desktop icon, guaranteed.
Snes9x
Snes9x Team
12
2 men, a dream, and one hell of a BIOS to deal with. With time, the help of others, and a shit-ton of plug-ins, we eventually got something with more than 59% compatibility.